When the 100th Bomb Group first arrived at their new base of Thorpe Abbot England they had 30 bombers 300 aircrew and 3000 support staff. Of those original 30 crews 86% were shot down. It earned the group the chilling nickname 'The Bloody 100th'. This is the story of the men of the 'Bloody 100th' and the B-17 Flying Fortresses they flew on some of the most dangerous daylight bombing missions of the war as told by members of the 'lucky bastards club' - the few who successfully fle
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